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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “alkahest” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

43 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
alkahest155402(None) 
alcahest1345351alcahest
alkahests1641971alkahests
alcahests1442502alcahests
alkahestic1951802alkahestic
alkanes113812932alkanes_
alkanet113714432alkane_t
alkanets12366232alkanets
almagest1146232almagest
alates64833973al_ates_
alcades101011473alcades_
alertest8310173alertest
aliases7914493aliases_
alkalies12158543alkalies_
alkalis11148793alkalis_
alkalise12178043alkalise
alkane104313323alkane__
alkenes114212753alkenes_
alkies104518093alk_ies_
alkines114415733alkines_
alkynes14336463alkynes_
almagests1242613almagests
almahs118611613almah_s_
anapest9311563a_napest
arbalest1039523arbalest
balkiest144112453balk_iest
bleakest1436283bleakest
blithest1338083blithest
cleanest10310293cleanest
clearest1038653clearest
flakiest153210553flakiest
flushest14338553flushest
halakhist19153873halakhist
lakiest113517273lak_iest
lamest84722763_l_amest
latest63822703_l_atest
laxest134913363_l_axest
leanest7415863_leanest
lithest10513913_lithest
lushest103312283_lushest
plushest13328283plushest
takahes1436173takahes_
talkiest123611223talk_iest

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911461620.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit146162436.53022383.2
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691436.99925530.9
 
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